Black Bream Fishing in Devon

Late summer-autumn in settled clear water. Long cast over mixed shingle/sand. Small hooks with squid or mackerel strip. Daylight or dusk on neaps.

May-Sep; small squid or worm strips on size 4-6 hooks near rough ground by the end. Light gear; a little groundbait helps. Best on the flood.

Aug-Oct in clear, settled seas; small strips or worm on size 4 hooks, short to medium cast over shingle. Daylight or dusk on neap tides.

Summer, calm clear days. Small hooks with strips of squid or prawn over rough ground from pier/rocks; steady on the flood.

Ledger small squid/mackerel strips or worm over rough ground; light rigs; May-Sep on neap tides; keep baits just off the kelp.

Float-fish small squid/peeler strips over rough ground late spring to autumn. Keep baits mid-water; trickle groundbait and use light gear.

Summer over mixed rough/clean patches. Small hooks with rag/strip on light gear; clear water and the flood from bay edges.

Occasional summer fish from rough ground; small squid strips on size 4 hooks, long snoods, gentle lob from the rocky ends on mid to high tide.

Occasional in late spring–summer on settled, clear days; small hooks and squid strips over rough-to-clean edges. Keep tackle light.

Late spring–autumn over mixed ground near the points. Small squid/prawn on fine hooks; single paternoster to lift baits off bottom. Calm, clear days.

Summer in clear water; small hooks with squid strip or worm over broken ground; keep baits off kelp.

Late summer in calm, clear water. Small strips of squid/mackerel on size 2 hooks; long cast to mixed ground pockets.

Calm, clear late summer. Light rigs and small squid/fish strips over clean patches near reef; short casting on the flood.

Late spring–autumn over mixed ground; small strips or prawn on light rigs just off bottom; clear water, flood.

Occasional in calm, clear summer spells; small strips of squid/prawn on light gear over mixed ground, often mid-water under a float.

Small squid or prawn strips on size 6s over reef edges; calm, clear summer days on the flood. Strike fast to avoid snags.

Occasional summer visitor; float-fish small squid or worm strips over cleaner patches beside the reef on a making tide. Strike quickly to avoid bite-offs.

Late spring–autumn over broken ground; small squid/worm strips on a light ledger in clear water on the flood.

Calm, clear summer days; small strips or squid/worm on long snoods over cleaner patches at range. Keep hooks size 2–4.

Occasional in summer; small squid/strip or crab on light rigs over mixed ground just off the reef. Clear, slack-to-flood, daytime.

Late summer in clear water; float small squid/mackerel strips just off the reef on the flood; keep gear light.

Aug–Oct over broken ground; small squid/fish strips on size 2 hooks. Cast to clear patches; daylight on a flooding tide with light tackle.

Occasional summer fish over reef edges; float-fished strips or small worm baits on neap tides and clear water; avoid heavy swell.